Bus Interface
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HPROTI[0]
indicates what is being fetched:
•
0 - instruction fetch
•
1 - vector fetch.
All ICode transactions are performed as non-sequentials.
12.3.1
Branch status signal
A branch status signal,
BRCHSTAT
, is exported on the
Embedded Trace Macrocell
(ETM) interface that indicates if there are any branches in the pipeline. A prefetcher, for
example, can use this to prevent prefetching if a branch is about to be fetched. For more
information about the branch status signal, see Chapter 15
Embedded Trace Macrocell
Interface
.